OSP trooper honored at the White House — Fourteen public safety officers, including Oregon State Police’s Nicholas Cederberg, were awarded the Medal of Valor by President Donald Trump on Wednesday. “Every officer, firefighter and first responder who receives this award embodies the highest ideals of service and sacrifice, character and courage,” Trump said during a White House ceremony. The medal is the nation’s highest honor for bravery by a public safety officer. Cederberg, a senior trooper, suffered life-threatening injuries while helping apprehend a man wanted for shooting his estranged wife eight times in King City, in Washington County, on Christmas Day 2016. The attacker rammed the patrol car and shot Cederberg in the right hip. As he lay on the ground, Cederberg was shot 12 more times. Five bullets were stopped by his armored vest, but seven penetrated his body. Cederberg underwent surgeries to repair a collapsed lung and two broken arms.

Oregon growth forecast: Migration, not births — A new report says Oregon’s population will mostly eventually grow through people moving into the state rather than from new births. The Oregon Office of Economic Analysis predicts the state will see deaths outnumber births sometime in the next decade. Josh Lehner, a state economist, predicts the flip will happen around 2026 or 2027. It would be the first time in Oregon’s history that deaths outnumber births. The trend is already affecting the state’s more rural counties but now is spreading statewide.

$15M verdict for MAX amputation reduced — A judge has ruled that a woman who lost her leg when she dashed in front of a MAX light rail train is lawfully entitled to only $682,800 of the $15 million in damages awarded by a jury. Andrea “Amy” Laing and her attorneys contended that she should receive 58% of the verdict, or $8.7 million, because the jury in February found TriMet and its driver 58% at fault. But TriMet argued that an Oregon law limiting the tort claim liability of government agencies entitled Laing to no more than $682,800. On Monday, Multnomah County Circuit Judge Christopher Ramras agreed with TriMet. Laing was struck by a train at a Beaverton station in November 2015.

$10 million security contract for Portland City Hall — City commissioners verbally sparred with angry members of the public Wednesday over whether to approve a $10 million contract for security guards at Portland City Hall. Dozens of residents showed up to oppose the contract with G4S Security Solutions, saying the city should not hire the company because of its work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Israeli government. The commissioners said the contract was in the best interest of the city. G4S has been Portland’s security contractor for years, and the guards they provide are union members. Mayor Ted Wheeler did not allow time for residents to testify on the contract, leading audience members to shout at him and commissioners. City Hall security costs have escalated under Wheeler’s administration, from $175,000 in 2016 to $847,000 by last year. The contract was approved 4-1.